User talk:Jobaker@jkharris.com

As a sole practitioner CPA in 1997, John Harris felt strongly that the best way to grow his business was to find a niche that wasn't being served.

He found that niche by chance when a local retailer asked him to solve a problem: He hadn't paid his taxes for several years. Harris trimmed the $90,000 liability to $42,000, set up an installment plan with the Internal Revenue Service to pay off the balance, and received a $3,000 fee.

In resolving this tax problem, one shared by millions of Americans, Harris, now 53, sowed the seeds for a successful new business. Today, almost nine years later, that seed has grown into a company that is approaching $100 million in revenue and serves a broad range of taxpayers suffering tax liability and debt management problems.

JK Harris & Company LLC, based in North Charleston, S.C., is comprised of a family of four companies employing 500. It is the nation's largest tax resolution company. JK Harris consultants are available to meet with consumers in over 450 locations in 46 states. This organization attracts more than 400 new clients a week and has served more than 160,000 clients since its founding.

Based on his success with the Charleston retailer and others with similar tax resolution problems that soon followed, Harris began structuring a new company to serve this neglected market. He recruited ex-IRS agents, Enrolled Agents and other tax professionals, established a national sales force, launched an advertising program throughout the United States, and began helping taxpayers resolve their debts with the IRS.

Harris' goal was to give middle and lower income taxpayers affordably priced professional IRS representation that is usually available only to the wealthy. Typically, most clients who sought help from his new company were - and continue to be - in a crisis mode because of their debts. Many haven't paid federal or state income taxes for several years and suffer wage garnishments, liens, and bank account levies, among other woes.

Serving as intermediaries between taxpayers and the IRS, JK Harris' team of professionals attempts to negotiate an Offer in Compromise (OIC) with the IRS. When an agreement is established, the OIC enables the client to reduce this debt, repaying it through an installment plan or lump sum payment.

As the company continued to grow, Harris came to a logical conclusion: People with tax debt were also likely to have other unresolved financial matters that needed attention. Basically, their lives were already in distress because of their mounting debt management problems. Their IRS dilemmas were just one symptom of much larger debt issues.

There were individuals who had fallen behind in paying credit card and student loan debts and didn't know how to deal with it; clients who were hapless victims of investment fraud, Ponzi schemes and other fraudulent investment practices and didn't know they could obtain tax relief for their losses; individuals and business owners seeking to reduce their taxable income by following a professionally structured financial plan; individuals seeking help in preparing their tax returns; and taxpayers requiring professional support for an IRS audit.

Recognizing the potential for providing additional debt management and tax resolution services to these individuals, Harris expanded his company's offerings by providing additional services.

In a country where consumer debt is a surging $2 trillion and where the IRS is increasing the number of levies on delinquent taxpayers, there are companies, including JK Harris & Company, who can help low- to middle-income individuals and businesses afford the services they need to get out from under the burden of IRS enforcement if they qualify for the assistance.

This sure looks like an ad to me
The content of this page is not "user talk," but advertising. I wonder if it belongs in Wikipedia. If posted as an "article" it would likely be subject to speedy deletion (lack of notability and references). Harrison789 (talk) 17:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)